Halloween Trivia Night: HUGE Success

Goodness!  Over the past month I have been kept B.U.S.Y. with lots of great library activities.  We just wrapped up our annual Book Fair (more info on that to come in another post) and Thanksgiving will be here before we know it.

Our first annual Halloween Trivia Night was a wonderful success!  We held it at the WHS cafeteria and my husband (who volunteered to be our question-asker) said he counted 81 people.  Wow!  I was hoping we would have at least 5 or 6 teams show up to compete and we had FIFTEEN!

Our winners were:

1st place Team 7/11 (pictured)

2nd place Which Witch is Which

3rd place Dazed and Confused

Thank you to all the teams (aren’t these some GREAT team names?)…Team E. Reed, 7/11, The Sanderson Sisters, Skeleton Crew, The Phrogs, Dazed and Confused, Krazy Kids and Their Moms, Team Kevin, Thurman/Jewell, Team Stitch, The Witchy Heaths, Scary Skeletons, Which Witch is Which, Ghost Face, and Scaredy Cats.

Thank you to those who donated door prizes…Paula Troutt and The Farmers Bank, Judy Woodard and Macon Bank and Trust, David and Candace Woodard, Above and Beyond Cakes, SRO Connie Cassidy, Westmoreland Church of Christ, and Ren Creasy.

Thank you to Westmoreland High School for the use of the cafeteria, Ms. Amy Stone for her assistance in helping set up the sound system, Avery Troutt for taking up tickets and drawing for prizes, and Mr. John Creasy for being our questioner.

A final thanks to Ms. Jenna Graves and WMS FCCLA students for making and bringing concessions to make the night even better.

We're definetely hoping to make this an annual event and are already looking forward to next year!

Book Character Pumpkin Contest

Hey kiddos, it's that time of year again. To get in the spirit of the season (pun intended), the library is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest.  Last year, we had more than 50 wonderfully terrific entries.  We're hoping for even more this year.  

To participate, decorate a pumpkin as a book character.  For inspiration, you can always rely on Google, or look back through this blog or our school Facebook page for pics of last year's entries.  However, while it is more than okay to choose the same book or character as one from last year, make it YOUR OWN and don't just simply copy one already done. 

Pumpkins will be judged by a guest from the community. Prizes will be given to the best in each grade.  PLUS...there will be a contest for "Teacher Favorite" and overall "Fan Favorite" where students and Facebook friends will have the chance to vote on their pick.

RULES

Real pumpkins must be used.

NO carved pumpkins will be accepted.

Pumpkins should be no bigger than a basketball (roughly).  The student must be able to carry it.

Pumpkins may be painted and embellished with decorations and/or props.

Pumpkins should be turned in to the library on 

Friday, Oct. 20, 

Monday, Oct. 23 or 

Tuesday, Oct. 24.  

Voting for the Fan Favorite will begin on the afternoon of the 24th.  Winners will be announced on October 30!

Students, we're so excited to see your creations!  Good luck!

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

To get in the spirit of the season (pun intended), the library is sponsoring a Pumpkin Decorating Contest.  Guys, you don't want to miss this!  Each winner will receive a goody bag full of of treats, and maybe a trick or two.  Already, each bag is worth $25, and we're still adding to them.

To participate, decorate a pumpkin as a book character.  For inspiration, you can always rely on Google.

Pumpkins will be judged by a guest from the community. Prizes will be given to the best in each grade.  PLUS...there will be a contest for overall "Fan Favorite" where students, teachers and parents will have the chance to vote on their favorite.

RULES

Real pumpkins must be used.

NO carved pumpkins will be accepted.

Pumpkins should be no bigger than a basketball (roughly).  The student must be able to carry it.

Pumpkins may be painted and embellished with decorations and/or props.

Pumpkins are due in the library NO LATER than Friday, Oct. 21.  

Voting for the Fan Favorite will begin on the 24th.  Winners will be announced on Halloween!

Students, we're so excited to see your creations!  Good luck!

First Quarter Winners Annouced

Congratulations to these students who won the prize in their grade for having participated in activities in the library's Google class.

(L-R) 

8th-grader Savannah L. 

6th-grader Austin W.

7th-grader Layla S.

Remember, for each activity posted in the library's Goggle class you complete, your name is entered into a drawing for prizes.  The more you do, the more chances you have to win! Prizes are given out at the end of the nine weeks.

Parent-Teacher Conference Night Library Door Prize Winners

Everyone who visited the library on the evening of Parent-Teacher conferences had the chance to enter a drawing for a free book.  Both students and parents were able to enter.  

The student winner of the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul was sixth grade student Braelyn Webster and the parent winner of the book How to Raise a Reader was Ms. Martha Carter, grandmother of Brayden Chandler, also a sixth-grader.

Congratulations to our winners!  Keep checking back for more opportunities to win cool, free stuff from our library and...

Keep Reading!

Summer Reading Bingo Winners

Hey, guys!  Welcome back to another great year of library fun at Westmoreland Middle School.  We're starting this year off with the announcement of our winners in the Summer Reading Bingo program.

Each year, to help counteract learning loss that commonly happens during the summer months, sometimes called the "summer slide", our library sponsors a Summer Reading Bingo program for our rising 7th ad 8th grade students.  Students are given a Bingo card with various types of books listed in the different squares and encouraged to read enough to BINGO, either across, down or diagonally.  Students returning their completed cards in August are entered into grade level drawings for a prize.

Congratulations to 8th grade student Madison McCollum and 7th grade student Madelyn Carpenter.  Both girls received new, hardcover copies of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.

Check back here often for more fun library news!

WINNERS!

Congratulations to the winners in our 2021 Christmas Tree Book Ornament Contest.  Each of the winners received a gift bag of goodies totaling more than $30.

The library would like to thank the students who participated this year.  We look forward to hosting this contest again next December.

Winners (L-R)

Avery Troutt from 7th grade, 8th-grader Logan Burns (kneeling) and Gary Keen from the 6th grade.

Students examining the tree.

Thanks again to all the ones who participated!

Ornaments 17 - 20

Here they are!  The last four ornaments from this year's library Christmas tree.  Now you have all you need to be able to enter the contest.  Good luck!  And remember...entry forms can be picked up in the library.  The contest ends at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, December 16.  Prizes will be awarded on Dec. 17.

Ornaments 13 - 16

The next four ornaments, including a view of the back of #16.

front

back

Happy Guessing!

Ornaments 9 - 12

A hint about one of the following ornaments:  It is based on a book set in the 1960s.  

If you have not stopped by the library to pick up your entry form, do so soon.  The contest ends Dec. 16, and there will be a winner from each grade.

Stay golden! (Psss...that's a hint)

Ornaments 5 - 8

Okay, people...allow me to present the next four ornaments.  And remember, entry forms are on the circulation desk in the library.  Stop by and pick up one.  

A couple hints for those of you who have taken the time to visit this page...

* One of these four ornaments represents a Shakespearean play.

* There are two different titles for one of the above ornaments that will be acceptable.

Happy guessing!

Ornaments 1-4

In case you've not been able to stop by the library to see the ornaments in person, here are #s 1 - 4.  Which work of literature do you think each represents?  Stop by the library and pick up an entry form to record your answers.

Christmas Contest 2021

Can you believe it's almost time for Christmas?  And you know what than means...the fourth annual Christmas Book Ornament Contest begins today!  

The library Christmas tree has been decorated with 20 ornaments representing different works of literature.  The student from each grade who guesses the most correct titles wins a prize to be given away on Friday, December 17.  Titles range from children's favorites and books that were later turned into movies to classic works and even one Shakespearean play.

Entry forms can be found on the circulation desk in the library and are due by Dec. 16.  So, stop by and look whenever you have some free time.  We will also feature pictures of two or three of the ornaments here daily until the end of the contest.

Good luck!